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... facts about the great transformation of mechanical industry which took place in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries ... fact that medieval technology cherished other interests and pursued other aims than THE MEDIEVAL CONTINUUM 131.
... facts about the great transformation of mechanical industry which took place in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries ... fact that medieval technology cherished other interests and pursued other aims than THE MEDIEVAL CONTINUUM 131.
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... fact that the goods of civilization are cumulative, rather than successive: but once movement away from the past became the criterion of progress, the function of accumulation was turned over to museums. 2: EVOLUTION. AND. RETROGRESSION.
... fact that the goods of civilization are cumulative, rather than successive: but once movement away from the past became the criterion of progress, the function of accumulation was turned over to museums. 2: EVOLUTION. AND. RETROGRESSION.
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... fact that conscription on a national scale was so contrary to the New World mores that even its temporary application in the American War Between the States had caused violent draft riots. In the United States this mode of organization ...
... fact that conscription on a national scale was so contrary to the New World mores that even its temporary application in the American War Between the States had caused violent draft riots. In the United States this mode of organization ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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